INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

Contents XIV 5. Stay of the decision on jurisdiction.....................................................257 6. Decision on jurisdiction as a preliminary question .............................258 7. Deferral of the decision on jurisdiction ..............................................261 IV. Examination of jurisdiction by Swiss state courts.....................................262 V. Effects of the decision on jurisdiction.......................................................264 1. Arbitral award declining jurisdiction ..................................................264 2. Arbitral award affirming jurisdiction..................................................265 3. Binding effect of the decision on jurisdiction.....................................266 a. Negative decisions on jurisdiction................................................266 i. Arbitral tribunal declining jurisdiction..................................266 ii. Swiss court declining jurisdiction .........................................266 b. Positive decisions on jurisdiction .................................................267 i. Arbitral tribunal affirming jurisdiction .................................267 ii. Swiss court affirming jurisdiction.........................................267 iii. Effects of Art.186(1bis) PILA ..............................................268 c. Decisions on requests for judicial assistance................................269 VI. Judicial review of decisions on jurisdiction ..............................................269 1. Arbitral awards on jurisdiction ...........................................................269 2. Court decisions on jurisdiction ...........................................................271 Chapter 3 The Arbitral Tribunal....................................................................................273 § 9 Seat of the arbitration .........................................................................................273 I. Concept of the seat....................................................................................273 II. Importance of the seat...............................................................................273 1. Localisation of the arbitration.............................................................273 2. Localisation of arbitral awards ...........................................................274 III. Determination of the seat ..........................................................................275 1. Agreement on the seat between the parties.........................................276 a. General principles ........................................................................276 b. “Arbitration in Switzerland” .........................................................277 2. Determination of the seat in the absence of an agreement ..................279 a. General principles ........................................................................279 b. Determination of the seat by an arbitral institution ......................280 c. Determination of the seat by another authority ............................280 d. Determination of the seat by the arbitral tribunal .........................281 IV. Transfer of the seat ...................................................................................283 1. Transfer by agreement of the parties ..................................................283 2. Transfer by the arbitral tribunal ..........................................................283 3. Transfer at the request of a party ........................................................284 4. Consequences of a seat transfer..........................................................284 V. Venue for meetings and hearings..............................................................285